Senior Consultant, Strategy, Growth, and Transformation

About the role

As a Senior Consultant within US Corporate Development, you will help evaluate and advance Deloitte's most strategic investment priorities. You will lead and support complex initiatives across the investment lifecycle - from market assessment and opportunity evaluation to business case development and executive-level recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Developing growth strategies and applying market assessment frameworks to evaluate priority growth areas and shape the acquisition priorities and target pipeline
• Applying hypothesis-driven problem solving and structured thinking to frame ambiguous strategic questions and drive to clear recommendations
• Quickly building fluency in new markets and emerging technologies, and translating findings into business value, risk, and investment implications
• Conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses through market research to inform acquisition target identification, pipeline development, and investment prioritization
• Sourcing and screening potential acquisition targets aligned to Deloitte's priority growth areas
• BUILDING EXECUTIVE-LEVEL PRESENTATIONS WITH ADVANCED POWERPOINT AND STORYBOARDING TO COMMUNICATE FINDINGS TO SENIOR STAKEHOLDERS
• SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC RATIONALE, INVESTMENT THESES, BUSINESS CASES, FINANCIAL MODELS, AND EXECUTIVE-LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POTENTIAL ACQUISITIONS
• MANAGING DUE DILIGENCE WORKSTREAMS ACROSS FINANCIAL, OPERATIONAL, COMMERCIAL, TECHNOLOGY, AND HUMAN RESOURCES STAKEHOLDERS, AND SYNTHESIZING FINDINGS INTO EXECUTIVE-LEVEL MATERIALS
• PLOANNING AND SUPPORTING POST-CLOSE INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING INTEGRATION ROADMAP DEVELOPMENT, SYNERGY TRACKING, GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES, PROJECT PLANS, AND MILESTONE TRACKING
• STAYING INTELLECTUALLY CURIOUS ACROSS THE FULL SCOPE OF THE M&A PROCESS AND THE BROADER STRATEGY WORK OF THE TEAM

Requirements

• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 4+ years of experience in corporate development, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), investment banking, management consulting, transaction advisory, or private equity
• 2+ years of experience conducting market research, target screening, and business case development for acquisitions or strategic investments
• 2+ years of experience building financial models in Microsoft Excel and developing executive-level presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint

Preferred

• Master of Business Administration
• Experience supporting acquisitions across the investment lifecycle, from target evaluation through integration
• Experience in the professional services industry
• Experience developing synergy models and value creation assumptions
• Experience managing due diligence or post-close integration workstreams across cross-functional stakeholders
• Experience preparing materials for senior executive or board-level stakeholders